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Roald Dahl
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Pages: 288 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0140051317
Pub: Penguin Books Ltd
Pub date: 1979-02-22
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 58219
Reader Reviews:
Severely disappointing (1/8 people found this helpful)
After all the praise I've heard for this book, I found it very disappointing. Characters are one dimensional: the women in the stories can be categorised into two groups, ditsy and long-suffering, while the dialogue is dull and uninspiring.
Although the plots are interesting and mostly original, Roald Dahl seems to have focussed mainly on the obligatory shocking last paragraph and not paid enough attention to the rest of the story. I enjoyed 'Lamb to the Slaughter', though the ending was predictable, but found the rest of the collection boring.
Fantastically strange!! (2/2 people found this helpful)
This book is very clever in the sense that Roald Dahl has managed to combine comedy ; horror ; murder and a whole host of other factors all into one book.
Definately a book that will keep you hooked from the beginning to the end.
Wickedly dark tales from the master of surprise. (7/7 people found this helpful)
What a special writer Roald Dahl is. In this collection of short stories we see his full range of rampant storytelling,gloriously macabre humour,and totally unpredictable twists. Check out the father who feeds his son Royal Jelly with ominous results,or the cruise passenger who jumps overboard to win a bet. See a man`s schooldays return to haunt him in GALLOPING FOXLEY,and a scheming wife`s shock in MRS BIXBY AND THE COLONAL`S COAT. All these and more ,told with style and glee,perfectly weighted to keep you hooked until the bitter end.
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